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2014.04.30

News Headlines - 30 April 2014

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been arrested by Northern Ireland police in connection with the 1972 murder of Jean McConville. He presented himself to police on Wednesday evening and was arrested. Speaking before his arrest, Mr Adams said he was "innocent of any part" in the murder.

Fights among airport passengers have been reported after long queues formed at passport control desks due to IT problems. A fault affecting UK Border Force computers on Wednesday afternoon led to travel disruption and extra staff have been brought in to try to reduce the lengthy lines. Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester are among the airports across the country that were hit.

Assailants with explosives and knives killed three people and wounded at least 79 Wednesday evening outside a railroad station in Urumqi, the capital of western China’s restive Xinjiang region where President Xi Jinping had just concluded a visit, state news media reported, calling it a brazen terrorist assault.

Germany's Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday leading industrial powers would stand united on further sanctions against Russia if needed, despite Moscow's threat to retaliate against foreign energy companies.